The Butterfly Dream: who am I?
A note on selfhood, dream, and transformation.
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Notes bring Chuang Tzu back into today's problems
A reading note should not merely repeat a chapter summary. It should answer how a Chuang Tzu story changes the way we see a modern problem, such as identity anxiety, tool worship, organizational pressure, or learning fatigue.
A reading note should not merely repeat a chapter summary. It should answer how a Chuang Tzu story changes the way we see a modern problem, such as identity anxiety, tool worship, organizational pressure, or learning fatigue.
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Each note should begin with a real question.
Free wandering: why usefulness can trap us
A note on freedom beyond utility.
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Corresponding Chinese page: 庄子阅读札记 | 从寓言进入现代问题